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The geometric relation between projective twistor space and complexified compactified Minkowski space is the same as the relation between lines and two-planes in twistor space; more precisely, twistor space is
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parametrizes such isomorphisms together with complex coordinates. Thus one complex coordinate describes the identification and the other two describe a point in
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This incidence relation is preserved under an overall re-scaling of the twistor, so usually one works in projective twistor space, denoted
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it is related to a line in projective twistor space where we can see the incidence relation as giving the linear embedding of a
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the indexes on the matrices. This twistor space is a four-dimensional complex vector space, whose points are denoted by
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respecting orientation and metric between the two are considered. It turns out that
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Points in Minkowski space are related to subspaces of twistor space through the
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However, since there is no canonical way of doing so, instead all
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He also posits that twistor space may aid in understanding the 1995: 687: 467:{\displaystyle \Omega ^{A}(x)=\omega ^{A}-ix^{AA'}\pi _{A'}} 383:, the solutions to the twistor equation are of the form 1812: 1790: 1733: 1691: 1655: 1631: 1605: 1550: 1525: 1503: 1387: 1362: 1269: 1244: 1192: 1142: 1103: 1071: 1045: 1010: 985: 913: 790: 720: 675: 617: 546: 510: 483: 392: 367: 323: 282: 245: 213: 174: 145: 100:{\displaystyle \nabla _{A'}^{(A}\Omega _{^{}}^{B)}=0} 46: 604:{\displaystyle x^{AA'}=\sigma _{\mu }^{AA'}x^{\mu }} 2109: 2084: 2077: 2052: 2036: 2029: 771:{\displaystyle Z^{\alpha }=(\omega ^{A},\pi _{A'})} 658:{\displaystyle \sigma _{\mu }=(I,{\vec {\sigma }})} 1890: 1856: 1798: 1774: 1719: 1661: 1637: 1613: 1589:{\displaystyle \mathbb {F} =F_{1,2}(\mathbb {T} )} 1588: 1533: 1511: 1486: 1370: 1345: 1252: 1230: 1168: 1121: 1089: 1057: 1028: 996: 968: 879: 770: 706: 657: 603: 528: 496: 466: 375: 341: 297: 260: 231: 192: 160: 99: 1378:is the compactified complexified Minkowski space 1889:Penrose, R.; MacCallum, M.A.H. (February 1973). 1169:{\displaystyle \mathbb {T} :=\mathbb {C} ^{4}.} 1004:, which is isomorphic as a complex manifold to 1784:The compactified complexified Minkowski space 969:{\displaystyle \omega ^{A}=ix^{AA'}\pi _{A'}.} 2007: 8: 898:C(1,3) of compactified Minkowski spacetime. 1775:{\displaystyle c^{-1}=\mu \circ \nu ^{-1}.} 2081: 2033: 2014: 2000: 1992: 1847: 1846: 1840: 1828: 1819: 1814: 1811: 1792: 1791: 1789: 1760: 1738: 1732: 1708: 1690: 1654: 1630: 1606: 1604: 1579: 1578: 1563: 1552: 1551: 1549: 1527: 1526: 1524: 1505: 1504: 1502: 1477: 1476: 1458: 1442: 1438: 1437: 1424: 1410: 1409: 1400: 1389: 1388: 1386: 1364: 1363: 1361: 1334: 1330: 1329: 1320: 1311: 1307: 1304: 1303: 1292: 1291: 1282: 1271: 1270: 1268: 1246: 1245: 1243: 1224: 1223: 1209: 1208: 1194: 1193: 1191: 1157: 1153: 1152: 1144: 1143: 1141: 1108: 1102: 1081: 1077: 1074: 1073: 1070: 1044: 1020: 1016: 1013: 1012: 1009: 990: 987: 986: 984: 952: 934: 918: 912: 866: 851: 840: 839: 829: 818: 817: 810: 789: 754: 741: 725: 719: 686: 674: 641: 640: 622: 616: 595: 577: 572: 551: 545: 515: 509: 488: 482: 453: 435: 419: 397: 391: 369: 368: 366: 333: 329: 326: 325: 322: 289: 285: 284: 281: 252: 248: 247: 244: 223: 219: 216: 215: 212: 181: 177: 176: 173: 168:it might be valuable to identify it with 152: 148: 147: 144: 82: 78: 74: 61: 51: 45: 1881: 1925:One to Nine: The Inner Life of Numbers 1720:{\displaystyle c=\nu \circ \mu ^{-1}} 1497:and the correspondence space between 7: 111:and Malcolm MacCallum. According to 1638:{\displaystyle \operatorname {Gr} } 1179:It has associated to it the double 611:is a point in Minkowski space. The 107:. It was described in the 1960s by 894:which is a quadruple cover of the 791: 394: 71: 48: 14: 1974:An introduction to twistor theory 1972:Huggett, S.A.; Tod, K.P. (1994). 1955:Twistor Geometry and Field Theory 1928:. Doubleday Canada. p. 142. 1090:{\displaystyle \mathbb {CP} ^{1}} 1029:{\displaystyle \mathbb {CP} ^{3}} 707:{\displaystyle A,A^{\prime }=1,2} 342:{\displaystyle \mathbb {CP} ^{3}} 232:{\displaystyle \mathbb {CP} ^{3}} 193:{\displaystyle \mathbb {C} ^{2}.} 1829: 1815: 1607: 1321: 1260:is the projective twistor space 298:{\displaystyle \mathbb {R} ^{4}} 261:{\displaystyle \mathbb {R} ^{4}} 161:{\displaystyle \mathbb {R} ^{4}} 1976:. Cambridge University Press. 1957:. 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It turns out that 243: 211: 172: 143: 44: 36:of solutions of the 34:complex vector space 1868:; the image is the 1221: 1206: 590: 131:Informal motivation 90: 69: 22:theoretical physics 1854: 1796: 1772: 1717: 1677:gives rise to two 1659: 1635: 1611: 1586: 1531: 1509: 1484: 1368: 1343: 1250: 1228: 1166: 1119: 1087: 1055: 1026: 994: 966: 903:incidence relation 877: 768: 704: 655: 601: 568: 526: 494: 464: 373: 339: 295: 258: 229: 190: 158: 125:weak nuclear force 97: 70: 47: 2148:Complex manifolds 2135: 2134: 2110:Physical concepts 2105: 2104: 2092:Penrose transform 2073: 2072: 1983:978-0-521-45689-0 1935:978-0-385-67266-5 1866:Plücker embedding 1683:Penrose transform 1662:{\displaystyle F} 1222: 1207: 848: 826: 649: 536:are two constant 353:Formal definition 2155: 2082: 2034: 2016: 2009: 2002: 1993: 1987: 1968: 1940: 1939: 1919: 1913: 1912: 1894: 1886: 1863: 1861: 1860: 1855: 1850: 1845: 1844: 1832: 1824: 1823: 1818: 1805: 1803: 1802: 1797: 1795: 1781: 1779: 1778: 1773: 1768: 1767: 1746: 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mathematics
theoretical physics
twistor theory
complex vector space
twistor
Roger Penrose
Andrew Hodges
complex numbers
asymmetry
weak nuclear force
Jacques Hadamard
isomorphisms
complex projective 3-space
vector bundles
self-dual connections
instantons
correspond bijectively
holomorphic vector bundles
Minkowski space
Weyl spinors
Pauli matrices
hermitian form
group SU(2,2)
conformal group
incidence relation
fibration
flag manifolds
projective space
Grassmannian
flag manifold

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